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Lithuania At The Paralympics
Lithuania, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of four athletes in track and field. This first delegation was notably successful, with all four athletes winning at least one medal, and female runner Sigita Kriaučiūnienė sweeping up four medals (three silver and a bronze). Kriaučiūnienė was also part of Lithuania's two person delegation for its first participation in the Winter Paralympics, in 1994. Lithuania has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has not returned to the Winter Games since 1994. Medal tallies Lithuanians have won a total of thirty Paralympic medals (of which four gold, eleven silver and fifteen bronze), making it the most successful of the Baltic states. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games. Most of them have been won in track and field, but Lithuanians have also had some success in other sports. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee ( lt, Lietuvos parolimpinis komitetas) was founded on 1990 and recognized by the International Paralympic Committee after one year. Presidents * Jonas Mačiukevičius – 1990-1992 * Vytautas Kvietkauskas – 1992-2005 * Vytautas Girnius – 2005–2009 * Vytautas Kvietkauskas - 2009-2017 * Mindaugas Bilius - since 2017 References External links Homepage National Paralympic Committees Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ... Lithuania at the Paralympics Sports organizations established in 1990 Organizations based in Vilnius 1990 establishments in Lithuania Disability organizations based in Lithuania {{Lithuania-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Summer Paralympics
) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic Stadium , summer_prev = Sydney 2000 , summer_next = Beijing 2008 , winter_prev = Salt Lake City 2002 , winter_next = Turin 2006 The 2004 Summer Paralympics ( el, Θερινοί Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,806 athletes from 136 National Paralympic Committees competed. 519 medal events were held in 19 sports. Four new events were introduced to the Paralympics in Athens; 5-a-side football for the blind, quads wheelchair tennis, and women's competitions in judo and sitting volleyball. Following a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saulius Leonavičius
Saulius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People named Saulius include: *Saulius Ambrulevičius (born 1992), Lithuanian figure skater *Saulius Atmanavičius (born 1970), Lithuanian footballer *Saulius Binevičius (born 1979), freestyle swimmer from Lithuania *Saulius Kleiza (born 1964), Lithuanian track and field athlete *Saulius Klevinskas (born 1984), Lithuanian footballer *Saulius Mikalajūnas (born 1972), Lithuanian international football midfielder *Saulius Mikoliūnas (born 1984), Lithuanian professional footballer *Saulius Mykolaitis (1966–2006), Lithuanian director, singer-songwriter, bard, and actor *Saulius Širmelis (born 1956), Lithuanian football coach and former player *Saulius Štombergas (born 1973), Lithuanian basketball player *Saulius Kuzminskas (born 1982), Lithuanian basketball player *Saulius Pakalniškis (1958–2006), Lithuanian zoologist, entomologist, and dipterologist *Saulius Pečeliūnas (born 1961), Lithuanian politician *Saulius Ritter (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kęstutis Bartkėnas
Kęstutis Bartkėnas is a paralympic athlete from Lithuania competing mainly in category T11 distance running events. Kestutis has competed and won medals at three Paralympics. His first was in 1996 in Atlanta where he competed in the 1500m and won z bronze in the 10000m and a silver in the 5000m. He followed this up in 2000 with a bronze in the 5000m as well as competing in the 1500m. For the 2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ... Kestutis moved up in distance winning a bronze medal in the 10000m but ultimately failed to finish in the marathon. References Paralympic athletes for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1996 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ... consisted of 210 events, 155 for men and 55 for women. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References * {{Paralympic results 1996 Summer Paralympics events 1996 Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldona Grigaliūnienė
Aldona Grigaliūnienė is a Paralympian athlete from Lithuania competing mainly in category F37-38 shot put events. She won at the 2004 paralympics but she was beaten to silver in 2008. Life She competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won a gold medal in the women's F34-37 long jump event. After missing the 2000 Summer Paralympics she returned to the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a gold medal in the women's F37-38 shot put event. Four years later in 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... in Beijing, People's Republic of China she failed in defending her title winning the silver medal and losing out to Mi Na of China. References External links * Paralympic athletes for Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malda Baumgartė
Malda Baumgartė (born 7 January 1965) is a Latvian-born Lithuanian retired Paralympic athlete who competed at international track and field competitions, she competed in discus throw, javelin throw, shot put and formerly pentathlon. She is a double Paralympic champion and a World champion in her disciplines. She is also a former sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game. History Sitting volleyball was inve ... player. Stabbing On Christmas Eve, Baumgartė went to walk home after finishing her work shift late at night. She decided to take a shortcut rather than taking her normal route back to her house, a man jumped out of some bushes nearby and stabbed Baumgartė in her back twice. She was spotted lying on the snow in her blood by a passerby hours later. Doctors managed to reconnect the nerves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danutė Smidek
Danutė is quite popular female given name in Lithuania. Women named ''Danutė'' include: *Elzbieta, sometimes also known as Danmila or Danutė (14th century), daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (see family of Gediminas) *Danutė of Lithuania (15th century), daughter of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania * Danutė Budreikaitė (born 1953), Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament *Danutė Jočienė Danutė Jočienė (maiden name ''Sadauskaitė'', born November 10, 1970 in Tučiai, Mažeikiai, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian lawyer. Jočienė graduated from the Law Faculty of Vilnius University and worked as a lecturer in the Department of the ... (born 1970), Lithuanian lawyer and a representative of Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights * Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (born 1943), Lithuanian politician and former Prime Minister See also * Danuta (other) – Polish equivalent {{DEFAULTSORT:Danute Lithuanian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 239 events, 152 for men and 62 for women. Because of a tie in the first position of the men's 100m in class B1 and another tie also happened in the third place of the high jump event in the b2 class for men. 240 gold medals, 238 silver and 240 bronze were awarded. Swimming, athletics and table tennis used a medical based classification system for the Barcelona Games. This happened as the Games were in a transition period with a number of other sports starting to move to a fully functional based classification system. This medal table includes also the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap, which held by the same organizing committee, and is part of same event, but in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Girnius
Vytautas Girnius (born 4 February 1959) is a retired Lithuanian Paralympic athlete who competed at international track and field competitions. He is a double Paralympic champion for the Soviet Union in 1988 Summer Paralympics, he is also a two-time Paralympic silver medalist and a World bronze medalist for Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... Disability In 1972, thirteen year old Girnius and a few of his friends played games in his hometown. One of his friends found a WW2 bomb grenade, his friend detonated the bomb by puncturing it with a nail. The force of the blast killed two of his friends, one aged fifteen and the other thirteen, Girnius lost his eyesight permanently from the explosion. Sporting achievements Once Girnius left hospital, he was interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Winter Paralympics
The 1994 Winter Paralympics ( no, Paralympiske vinterleker 1994; nn, Paralympiske vinterleikane 1994), the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994. These Games marked the second time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics and with the first with the same Organizing Committee, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Ice sledge hockey, which became an immediate crowd favorite, was added to the program. These Paralympic Games are the only to be held two years after the previous Games due to the shift in the Summer and Winter games schedule. The 1994 Winter Games were the first Paralympic Games organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Symbol and mascot of the games The Games were represented by an emblem depicting the sun people. This image port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Originally scheduled to take place from 25 August to 6 September 2020, both the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were postponed by a year in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rescheduled Games still referred to as ''Tokyo 2020'' for marketing and branding purposes. As with the Olympics, the Games were largely held behind closed doors with no outside spectators due to a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area and other prefectures. The Games were the second Summer Paralympics hosted by Tokyo since 1964, and the third Paralympics held in Japan overall since the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano. Due to the postponement of the Paralympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was also the first (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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